English

if it isn't

Observes, with (sometimes ironic) surprise, that a specified thing or person is present.

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    Shortened from if it isn't ___, I'll eat my hat! or similar construction.

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    • derivedEnglishif “Supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that; suppositive used to introduce a condition…”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishif
        • inheritedOld Englishġif “if”

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